Joseph Bermingham

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Joseph Bermingham (Irish: Seosamh Mac Fheorais; 9 May 1919 – 11 August 1995) was an Irish Labour Party politician.

Bermingham was born in Castlemitchell, County Kildare. He was educated at the Christian Brothers school in Athy and the O'Brien Institute in Dublin. Bermingham worked as a shopkeeper before being elected in 1967 as a member of Kildare County Council. He was an unsuccessful candidate for Dáil Éireann in the 1969 general election and at a by-election in 1970. He was finally elected to the 20th Dáil as Teachtaí Dála (TD) for Kildare at the 1973 election.

After the 1981 general election, Labour and Fine Gael formed a coalition government, and Bermingham was appointed to the position of Minister of State with responsibility for the Office of Public Works. He served in that post until early 1982 when the government of Garret FitzGerald fell in a vote on the budget. When a new Fine Gael-Labour coalition came to power after the November 1982 election Bermingham returned to that position, and held the post until he retired from the government in 1986.

Bermingham held his Dáil seat until he stood down at the 1987 general election and retired from politics completely.

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Political offices
Preceded by
Tom McEllistrim, Jnr		 Minister of State at the Department of Finance
1981–1982		 Succeeded by
Sylvester Barrett
Preceded by
Sylvester Barrett		 Minister of State at the Department of Finance
1982–1986		 Succeeded by
Avril Doyle